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Sunday, July 13, 2008

Woman of God...

In our lives we people we admire...We have people who we aspire to become...Sometimes it is out of jealousy we want to be them...Sometimes it is because we can see God shining through them so clear it blows us away on occasion...There is this woman whom I met about a year ago in person...Her name is Carol Wilson...She is the grandmother of my best friend Jeremy...I can't even think of where to start on her life, even as little as I have known it...When I first met her about a year ago she was well into her cancer treatment and was trucking along as if nothing hindered her...When she was first diagnosed with cancer she was given months to live, I believe...She outlasted that prediction by about two years...Through it all, from the outside I heard about her personality and how she just lived life...I was impressed about her joy and happiness in her suffering of course, but I was blown away by her persistence in glorifying God with EVERYTHING...Whether she was just spending time with her family, neighbors, friends, or serving in her church back home in NC...She always pointed her situation, if that is a proper term for it, towards God...She found God's plan in it all...She realized that her journey was God's plan and she was right in the middle of it...With this she wasn't afraid to share...Her blog was and is read by people all over the world...Seriously...From reading her comments on her posts, there were people from all over being impacted by her words and her perseverance in her cancer...

Carol Wilson, affectionately known as "Mimi" by some, has shown me what it means to live a full Godly life...She showed me how to commit to the ones you love...How to live a solid marriage built around Christ...How to live a life in Christ...

If you read this, you need to go to her blog and read back on some of her stuff...There is a lot, so you may want to make it a daily read for awhile or something... :)

http://carolwilsonupdate.blogspot.com

"Come thou fount of every blessingTune my heart to sing Thy praiseStreams of mercy never ceasingCall for songs of loudest praiseTeach me some melodious sonnetSung by flaming tongues aboveI'll praise the mount I'm fixed upon itMount of Thy redeeming love

Here I raise my EbenezerHither by Thy help I comeAnd I hope by Thy good pleasureSafely to arrive at homeJesus sought me when a strangerWondering from the fold of GodHe, to rescue me from dangerInterposed His precious blood

O to grace how great a debtorDaily I'm constrained to be!Let thy goodness like a fetterBind my wandering heart to TheeProne to wander Lord I feel itProne to leave the God I loveHere's my heart Lord, take and seal itSeal it for Thy courts above"

3 comments:

Mhmmm...amen. She has made an impact on SO many! The most amazing thing is that while yes, I remember her as a great woman of God, more then that I remember what she taught me about Jesus. I remember more about Him then about her....which is what this life should be like, you know?

I also love that song. The words are so deep and speak so much truth about life. It's actually been stuck in my head all day. Hope all is well with you...later!